A MONEY launderer is first-ever person to be ordered by the Met Police to declare his wealth to officers after being found guilty of laundering almost £2.5 million.

Asnat Akram received a Financial Reporting Order from the Metropolitan Police, which means he has to disclose his income to the Serious Organised Crime Agency every six months for the next 15 years.

Akram, 38, of Beehive Lane, Gants Hill had £2, 450, 980.13 confiscated.

He was sentenced in 2007 at Blackfriars Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine on a commercial scale between February 2005 and May 2006 and money laundering.

He was jailed for 12 years.

A confiscation order made at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, September 4, ruled that the six men who were convicted of offences including money laundering and supplying cocaine had to hand back sums of cash totalling more than £2.5 million.

Det Insp Nick Joyce, from the Met's Serious Organised Crime Command, said: “The significance of this case is not just the huge amount of money that has been confiscated but that Akram has been recognised by the courts as the high level, sophisticated criminal that he is.

“The Financial Reporting Order will ensure Akram will no longer be able to benefit from his crimes as he will have to fully disclose his finances to the authorities for years to come.

“This has been an extremely complex and comprehensive financial investigation, that along with the prison sentences targets the criminals where it hurts.”

Haider Bukhari, 38, of Farmillo Road, Walthamstow, had £905.11 confiscated. He pleaded guilty to money laundering £275,000 on Akram's behalf.

He received an 18 month suspended sentence when he appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court in 2008.

Mohammed Din, 42, of Markhouse Road, Walthamstow, had £8, 757, 02 confiscated and was jailed for three and-a- half-years after pleading guilty to money laundering.

Liakat Ali Romeo, 37, of Harold Road, Plaistow, had £34, 403.35 confiscated. He was jailed for 18 months at Southwark Crown Court last year.

Ian Henry, 48, of Durban Road, Tottenham, had £369, 207.46 confiscated. He was caged for eight years in 2007 at Blackfriars Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine.

Sundip Patel, 41, of Nevil Road, Forest Gate, had £41, 370 confiscated. He was locked up for six years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply one kilogramme of cocaine.

The police investigation showed that these men played a crucial role in the money laundering which was either funding drug trafficking or was the proceeds of drug trafficking.